Date   : Tue, 26 Apr 1989 10:17:33 EDT
From   : <SAGE@LL.ARPA>
Subject: CP/M Status

 
   Grey Fox commented, "CP/M doesn't seem to even be considered an OS around
here anymore" and asked, "Is CP/M still going anywhere or is it a dead end?
I really wanna know."
 
   I just came back from the Trenton Computer Festival and was amazed at the
level of CP/M (Z-System) interest there.  Last year they gave us no
publicity, and many people who were interested in our session did not know
it was taking place or could not find out where it was.  This year the
publicity was good, and we had a room full of very interested people.  Next
year we plan to do even more and to demand some recognition from the
organizers, who otherwise recognized little more than MS-DOS (even the MAC
got short shrift).
 
   There is not much going on in CP/M proper, but Z-System, its modern
minicomputer-calibre replacement, is extremely active.  If Grey, or anyone
else, is interested in learning more, I would suggest that they subscribe to
The Computer Journal and pick up the last year's back issues.  I published
the information about TCJ not too long ago in a message here, but if there
is popular demand, I will repeat it.
 
   Grey will probably face some difficult problems trying to do anything
with the Vector computer (I'm assuming this is the VectorGraphic).  As I
recall, it uses the only disk format that our experts at the BCS CP/M Group
were unable to crack.  We had a member who used a VectorGraphic machine, and
I might be able to secure a CP/M-2.2 boot diskette from him.
 
-- Jay Sage